Category Archives: Prototype

My interest has been piqued by a little known Scottish line, the Ardkinglas Railway. Descriptions of this line are few and far between, but essentially it seems to have been a 2′ gauge line that ran around the Ardkinglas estate … Continue reading →

I’ve now, sadly, been home from Skye for about a week, we had a great time (double booking of the cottage aside – but that got sorted relatively easily!). I spent some time taking photos for the backscene on the … Continue reading →

On the 2nd June myself and some other members of the Kent Group of the 009 Society made the trip to the Statfold Barn for one of their open days. To go you have to apply for tickets which makes … Continue reading →

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This site describes the construction of my 4mm scale narrow gauge layout, Isle Ornsay. It is the Southernmost terminus of a proposed line on the Isle of Skye, part of 4 railways proposed under the Hebridean Light Railway Proposal of 1898.

The other aspect of this site is to describe both proposed and constructed narrow gauge railways located in Scotland.

I occasionally describe places I've been, or things that I've enjoyed, but it all has a railway theme.

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